What's the difference between catch {} and catch {continue;} in a c# foreach loop?

Question

foreach (Widget item in items)
{
 try
 {
  //do something...
 }
 catch { }
}


foreach (Widget item in items)
{
 try
 {
  //do something...
 }
 catch { continue; }
}

Answer 1

catch { continue; } will cause the code to start on a new iteration, skipping any code after the catch block within the loop.

Answer 2

The other answers tell you what will happen in your given snippet. With your catch clause being the final code in the loop, there's no functional difference. If you had code that followed the catch clause, then the version without "continue" would execute that code. continue is the stepbrother of break, it short circuits the rest of the loop body. With continue, it skips to the next iteration, while break exits the loop entirely. At any rate, demonstrate your two behaviors for yourself.

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    try
    {
        throw new Exception();
    }
    catch
    {
    }

    Console.WriteLine("I'm after the exception");
}

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    try
    {
        throw new Exception();
    }
    catch
    {
        continue;
    }

    Console.WriteLine("this code here is never called");
}